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Bring Conservatives Back to BC
It’s no secret that British Columbia will be key to a Conservative win on October 21. That’s why five of the 16 candidates we’re supporting are in that province. Here are three more of them […]
Month: September 2019
Canada
B.C. premier says it’s time to add value to province’s forestry products
Premier John Horgan says the government, lumber industry and communities in British Columbia need to refocus on getting more money out of provincial forests. Dozens of forest companies have closed or curtailed operations in B.C. […]
2019 Election Watch
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer touts national energy corridor during stop in Edmonton
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was in Edmonton on Saturday to campaign in a couple of battleground ridings, meet up with Premier Jason Kenney and tout his party’s plans to create a national energy corridor. Speaking at […]
2019 Election Watch
Scheer, Trudeau talk platforms, firearms in Toronto; Singh stays out west
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal election platform is out, and it’s brimming with talking points not only for Justin Trudeau, but for his political rivals as well. There’s billions in new spending — $57 billion […]
USA
Virgil: Lessons of Impeachment, from Watergate to Monicagate to Bidengate
Strength in Numbers As he signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Ben Franklin famously said, “If we don’t all hang together, we will all hang separately.” That is, if we patriots don’t stay close […]
2019 Election Watch
Five hundred scientists send letter to UN saying “There is no climate crisis”
A group of 500 scientists and other experts have penned a letter to the UN declaring that there is no climate crisis and that there needs to be an open discussion on the issue of climate change. “We urge […]
2019 Election Watch
John Ivison: Is Scheer’s ambitious energy corridor just a pipe dream?
The problem is nobody has been able to make it happen — its arguably even more difficult now that the courts have handed Indigenous opponents of development an effective veto EDMONTON – Andrew Scheer’s policy […]
Canada
We asked 3 companies to recycle Canadian plastic and secretly tracked it. Only 1 company recycled the material
Waste Connections dumped it in landfill. GFL incinerated it. Merlin plastics recycled it. Do you know where your recycling really goes after it’s been picked up? After several instances of Canadian plastic waste turning up […]
International
Hong Kong protesters block traffic as thousands rally
Thousands of people gathered Saturday for a rally in downtown Hong Kong, belting out songs, speeches and slogans to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the 2014 Umbrella protest movement that called for […]
2019 Election Watch
LILLEY: Trudeau should choose truth for a change
Even in Montreal, Justin Trudeau couldn’t help but campaign against Ontario’s premier. The PM was announcing a new plan to plant 2 billion trees over the next 10 years when he took his latest shot […]